Dublin Airport was willing to 'pay whatever is required' to get army help to deal with security delays

Lengthy queues at Terminal 2, Dublin Airport, earlier this summer. Picture: Niall Carson/PA Wire

Dublin Airport Authority was willing to pay whatever was required to get the Defence Forces on board to help with security delays, documents have revealed.

The military was put on standby early last month to step in to ease lengthy queues at Dublin Airport and avoid further “reputational damage” from weeks of queuing chaos.